Technology Showcase
This page represents the various ways in which I have used and implemented technology for teaching and learning throughout my journey to obtaining a Master's in Educational Technology. Below are specific examples of my diverse and research-based technology use. Clicking on the images or videos will take you directly to the products themselves. Enjoy!
Blogs, Wikis, and Webpages
Using Blogger, I first created this blog in CEP 811. The blog was not only used for this course, but for many of the courses in the MAET program. Readers will find personal goals, reflections, and examples of course work I completed along the journey to my master's degree.
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Working collaboratively with two other classmates, we created a wiki page centered around iPad Applications supporting literacy learning for middle-grades teachers and students. The page I contributed to the overall wiki was focused on apps for writing and annotation.
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Using Weebly, I created a website to be used as my final portfolio and master's degree showcase. As you can see, this site includes multiple pages, links, and embedded elements to demonstrate my learning and experience with technology.
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Technology-Based Instruction
While completing CEP 820, much of my time was spent learning how to facilitate learning in an online setting. After examining various learning management systems, I chose Haiku LMS to create a hybrid course. Designed for middle school language arts students, my online course is an entire literature circles unit. View the entire course using the information below.
Site: Literature Circles Online Enrollment Key: MSU13 |
Technology-based instruction is not limited to classrooms and students. In CEP 812, I had an opportunity to explore ways technology can be used for professional development. Designed with a "flipped instruction" model, I worked collaboratively with three other classmates to create an instructional video about the features of Google Documents. See the entire "Flipped PD" plan here.
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Audio and Video Productions
Education and instruction is filled with "Wicked Problems," or challenges that seem to have no clear, specific solution. In CEP 812, the wicked problem I chose to address was my 8th grade students' lack of engagement, effort, and ownership of writing skills due to minimal choice and relevancy to their everyday lives. This podcast details the problem and a possible technology-based solution.
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In order for students to learn, with or without technology, educators must understand the psychology of learning to better facilitate classroom instruction. This digital story demonstrates how I combined nonfiction reading strategies with the Cognitive Learning Theory to assist students with close reading.
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Using Apple's GarageBand recording and sound editing tools, I created a multifaceted podcast to examine common misconceptions held by 8th grade students about homophones. The gaps in student learning were later addressed through a specific grammar-centered technology lesson to support their learning and misunderstandings.
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Web 2.0 Tools
To demonstrate my personal and professional learning now and in the future, I created a presentation using Prezi. This web tool helped me clearly represent the path I want to take in order to meet my goals and continue growing as a professional educator.
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Using FlipSnack, I transformed PDF images to a flipping book to demonstrate my PLN (personal learning network) in a visual form. This visualization was created in CEP 810, my very first course in the MAET program. Since then, my PLN has expanded even more than what is represented here.
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While implementing my proposed solution of student blogging to my Wicked Problem addressed in CEP 812, I was also conducting research and collecting data from my students. Rather than displaying the data with specific numbers and figures, I used Tagxedo and Strip Generator to represent the data in a visually appealing way. The word cloud displays the words 8th graders associated with "writing." The comic strip shows results of a survey asking, "Are you excited to start blogging?" Additional details and data analysis of the Wicked Problem can be found here.
"Technology is the campfire around which we tell our stories."
Laurie Anderson
Laurie Anderson